CAB Studies and Testimony



Get Adobe Reader	STUDIES AND TESTIMONY "State of the Air" American Lung Association The American Lung Association gave the grade of ‘F’ to Cumberland County, Lancaster County, Dauphin County and others for particulate pollution. April 2009 “An Evaluation of the Pennsylvania Air Quality Program” (PDF) Department of Environmental Protection This report, which is required under Section 4.3 of the Air Pollution Control Act (APCA or Act 95 of 1992), evaluates the effectiveness of programs adopted to implement Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990. April 2009 2009 Changes to the PA DEP Susquehanna Valley Air Quality Forecasting Program by Sean Nolan, Meteorologist PA Department of Environmental Protection April 2009 The Air Quality Index and Your Health (Microsoft PowerPoint) Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania April 6, 2009 CAB Comments to DEP: Ozone-Nonattainment (PDF) Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania March 6, 2009 Restricting PM2.5: A Sure Way to Improve America's Health (952 KB) by Tami Biddle Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania October 2008 The Health Risks of Diesel Idling (30 KB) by Tami Biddle Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania October 2008 Comments of the Clean Air Board on the Proposed Ambient Air Monitoring Network Plan for 2009 June 8, 2008 CAB: Comments Before the Environmental Quality Board about Anti-Idling Regulations(PDF) February 12, 2008 Testimony before the Environmental Quality Board by the Rev. Duane Fickeisen (PDF) February 13, 2008 Comments On PADEP's Proposed "Diesel Vehicle Idling; and Auxiliary Power Systems" Rule Clean Air Council January 12, 2008 Comparison of PM2.5 Monitoring Sites along I-81 Corridor (38 KB) December 2007 Imperial Court Monitor: PA Department of Environmental Protection How America's Truck Industry Hurts and Helps Carlisle by Ellen Simon December 2007 New Research on Fine Particulate Matter Yields Daunting News (35 KB) by Tami Biddle Clean Air Board of Central Pennsylvania October 2007 Interview with Reverend Jennifer McKenna Conducted by Ellen Simon October 2007 Reducing Diesel Truck Idling in Pennsylvania: An Examination of a Proposed Statewide Anti-Idling Regulation (1.87 MB) Jensen Gelfond Environmental Studies Department Dickinson College Spring 2007 Developing a Volunteer Air Monitoring Program for Diesel Exhaust Particulate Matter (231 KB) Caitlin DuPrey Dickinson College April 28, 2006 Legislative and Technological Solutions to Truck-Generated Diesel Particulate Pollution In Cumberland County, Pennsylvania (1.65 MB) Jensen Gelfond Environmental Studies Department Dickinson College, Independent Research November 2006